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2021 Prague Open
The 2021 Prague Open (branded as the 2021 Livesport Prague Open for sponsorship reasons) was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the ''TK Sparta Praha''. It was the 12th ( WTA and non-WTA) edition of the tournament which was part of the 2021 WTA Tour, and of the 250 series of tournaments. It took place in Prague, Czech Republic between 12 and 18 July 2021. This was the first edition of the tournament held on outdoor hard courts, as opposed to clay courts in previous editions. Champions Singles * Barbora Krejčíková def. Tereza Martincová, 6–2, 6–0. This was Krejčíková's third WTA singles title of the year. Doubles * Marie Bouzková / Lucie Hradecká def. Viktória Kužmová / Nina Stojanović, 7–6(7–3), 6–4. Singles main draw entrants Seeds * Rankings are as of June 28, 2021 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Lucie Havlíčková * Viktória Kužmov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTA 250 Tournaments
WTA 250 tournaments is a category of tennis tournaments in the Women's Tennis Association tour, implemented since the reorganization of the schedule in 2021. Earlier these events were classified as WTA International tournaments, WTA International Tournaments. As of 2021, WTA 250 tournaments include events with prize money of approximately $250,000. The ranking points awarded to the winners of these tournaments are 280. This compares to 2,000 points for winning a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournament ("major"), up to 1,500 points for winning the WTA Finals, 1000 points for winning a WTA 1000 tournament, and 470 for winning a WTA 500 tournament. This system differs slightly from that used for the men's ATP Tour, which has ATP Tour 250 events with 250 points for the winner (similar to WTA 250 tournaments), and two higher tiers of ATP tournaments offer 1000 and 500 points for winning, respectively. Events Historic names 1990–2008 ''WTA Tier III / IV / V'' 2009–2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hsieh Su-wei
Hsieh Su-wei ( ;''Xiè 謝淑薇Shūwēi'' in Chinese mainland. Taiwanese Mandarin: ; in Standard Mandarin of Chinese mainland. born 4 January 1986) is an inactive Taiwanese professional tennis player. She has won three singles titles and 30 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one WTA 125 doubles title, 27 singles and 23 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit, seven medals at the Asian Games (2 gold, 3 silver, and 2 bronze), 1 gold and bronze medal at the 2005 Summer Universiade, and has amassed over $10 million in prize money. On 25 February 2013, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 23, and on 12 May 2014, she reached world No. 1 in the doubles rankings for the first time; she has spent a total of 47 weeks with the top ranking, the longest tenure by a tennis player from the Far East. Hsieh is the highest-ranked Taiwanese player in history, in both singles and doubles. Known for playing with two hands on both sides, flat and quick groundstrokes, crafty gameplay, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Šramková
Rebecca Šramková (; born 19 October 1996) is a Slovak tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 111 in singles, achieved on 8 May 2017, and 364 in doubles, reached on 24 May 2021. On the ITF Women's Circuit, she has won ten singles titles and three doubles titles. Šramková won her biggest title to date at the 2016 Open de Biarritz, a $100k tournament, where she defeated Martina Trevisan in the final. Junior career On the ITF Junior Circuit, Šramková achieved her highest ranking of 200 on 14 July 2014. She did not win any titles in singles, but won one title in doubles. Career highlights Her debut in the main competitions of the ITF Circuit was in May 2012, when she advanced from qualifying at the $10k tournament in Velenje, Slovenia. In the second round, she lost to Slovenian Anja Prislanová. She won the premier single in this level of tennis in Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia. At the $10k event which took place in September 2013, she defeated Dunja Stamenković from Ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabella Shinikova
Isabella Shinikova ( bg, Изабелла Шиникова) (born 25 October 1991) is a Bulgarian tennis player. On 20 February 2017, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 133. On 20 May 2019, she peaked at No. 159 in the WTA doubles rankings. She also plays for the Bulgaria Fed Cup team, with a current win–loss record of 15–20. Junior career Shinikova started playing tennis at the age seven. She played on the ITF Junior Circuit in 2006 and won two singles titles and one doubles title. Professional career 2009–15: Professional debut, success on the ITF Circuit In 2009, Shinikova made her pro debut at a $25k event. Since then, she has been playing on the ITF Women's Circuit, and in 2015, she topped the annual leaderboard winning eight titles through the year. 2016–17: WTA Tour & major qualifications, top 150 debut In April 2016, Shinikova made her main-draw debut at a WTA Tour tournament at the Katowice Open, losing to Alizé Cornet in the first round. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urszula Radwańska
Urszula Radwańska (; born 7 December 1990) is a Polish professional tennis player. Radwańska has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as seven singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 8 October 2012, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 29. On 21 September 2009, she peaked at No. 74 in the doubles rankings. As a junior player, Radwańska won the 2007 Wimbledon girls' singles title, culminating in the junior year-ending world No. 1 ranking. Nicknamed Ula, she is the younger sister of Agnieszka Radwańska. Tennis career As a junior player, Radwańska won Grand Slam titles, including the 2007 Wimbledon girls' singles, culminating in the junior year-ending world No. 1 ranking. This was the launching pad into her professional career, where she has been getting into WTA main draws via qualifying and wildcards. In 2007, Radwańska played in the main draw of three WTA Tour tournaments. She lost in the first round of the Tier II Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asia Muhammad
Asia Muhammad (born April 4, 1991) is an American professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, Muhammad has won seven doubles titles on the WTA Tour, four doubles titles on WTA Challenger Tour as well as 13 singles and 35 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She has reached a WTA 1000 final, at the 2022 Indian Wells Masters with Ena Shibahara, and the semifinals of a major, at the 2020 US Open, partnering with Taylor Townsend. Early career and coaching Muhammad is coached by NCAA champion Tim Blenkiron, owner of the NO QUIT Tennis Academy where Asia trains. Blenkiron started coaching her when she was a child in Andre Agassi’s TEAM AGASSI tennis and education program in Las Vegas where she developed into one of the best junior players in the world. Her first big break was reaching the finals of the Tennis Channel Open at the age of 16. Asia is a famed alumni and board member of the Inspiring Children Foundation and their Team Bryan program, co-created by tennis legends B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jodie Burrage
Jodie Anna Burrage (born 28 May 1999) is a British tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 136, achieved on 3 October 2022, and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 329, set on 12 July 2021. She has won four singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Early life Burrage was born in Kingston upon Thames but grew up in Hindhead, Surrey. She won a scholarship to Talbot Heath School in Bournemouth, which enabled her to develop her tennis at the nearby West Hants Club. Following the completion of GCSE exams Burrage relocated to Junior Tennis Coaching (JTC) in Chiswick, London, where she was guided by former tour professionals Colin Beecher and Lucie Ahl. Professional career 2020–2021: WTA Tour and Grand Slam debut Burrage made her WTA Tour main-draw debut in doubles at the 2020 Linz Open, where she received a wildcard into the doubles tournament partnering Sabine Lisicki. In January 2021, she made her WTA Tour main-draw debut in singles at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naiktha Bains
Naiktha Bains (born 17 December 1997) is an Australian-British tennis player. Bains has won two singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She has reached best WTA ranking of world No. 199 in singles. On 24 September 2018, she peaked at No. 134 in the WTA doubles rankings. Bains emigrated with her Indian-born father Gurnake from Britain to Brisbane aged eight and holds dual British-Australian citizenship. Career 2014 Bains commenced the year with a ranking of 1041. She was awarded a wildcard into qualifying at the Hobart International, where she made it through the first two rounds, defeating Maria Elena Camerin and Teliana Pereira, before losing to eventual tournament champion, Garbiñe Muguruza, in the final qualifying round. At the qualifying for the Australian Open, Bains lost to Andrea Hlaváčková in straight sets, but together with Olivia Tjandramulia, she was awarded a wildcard into the main doubles draw where they faced 14th-seeded team of Julia Gör ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena-Gabriela Ruse
Elena-Gabriela Ruse (born 6 November 1997) is a Romanian tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of 51 in singles and 55 in doubles. She won her maiden WTA Tour singles title at the 2021 Hamburg European Open. She has also won six singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Junior career 2012–2015 Ruse won two junior singles titles and eight junior doubles titles. The biggest title of her junior career was the Grade-1 Canadian Open Junior Championships, where she beat Katie Swan in the final. Ruse also reached the semifinals of the 2014 Wimbledon girls' singles event in 2014 and the final of Eddie Herr. On the ITF Junior Circuit, she had a career-high combined ranking of 7, achieved on 18 May 2015. Professional career 2015–2016: Rise up the rankings, WTA Tour debut When Ruse finished her junior career, she still did not have a professional ranking. In July 2015, Ruse made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a wildcard at the Bucharest Open in the doubles eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tereza Smitková
Tereza Smitková (born 10 October 1994) is a Czech tennis player. Smitková has won one singles WTA 125 title as well as eight singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 6 April 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 57. On 19 May 2014, she peaked at No. 184 in the WTA doubles rankings. In June 2013, Smitková made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Nürnberger Versicherungscup. After coming through all three qualifying rounds, she lost to Julia Cohen in round one. A year later, she reached the third round of qualifying at the 2014 French Open, defeating 17th seed Victoria Duval in the first round and former top-20 player Anabel Medina Garrigues in the second. She lost in the third round of qualifying to fifth seed Danka Kovinić. In the Wimbledon qualifying in June 2014, Smitková again reached the third round, this time defeating Madison Brengle in three sets to seal her maiden Grand Slam main-draw appearance. In the main draw, she defeat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samantha Murray Sharan
Samantha Dawn Murray Sharan (name at birth, née Murray; born 9 October 1987) is a British tennis player. Murray has won four singles titles and 26 doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Women's Circuit. On 23 September 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 165. On 22 August 2022, she peaked at No. 76 in the doubles rankings. Murray made her WTA Tour debut at the 2011 Aegon Classic, 2011 Eastbourne Classic, losing to Anna Tatishvili in the first round. She is not related to tennis player Andy Murray. Personal life Murray married Indian tennis doubles specialist Divij Sharan in July 2019. Grand Slam performance timelines Singles Doubles ITF Circuit finals Singles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner–ups) Doubles: 45 (26 titles, 19 runner-ups) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Murray Sharan, Samantha 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Stockport British female tennis players Northwestern Wildcats women's tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitalia Diatchenko
Vitalia Anatolyevna Diatchenko ( rus, Виталия Анатольевна Дьяченко, , vʲɪˈtalʲɪjə dʲjɪˈtɕenkə, Ru-Vitalia_Diatchenko.ogg; born 2 August 1990) is a Russian professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 71, achieved on 17 November 2014. On 21 February 2011, she peaked at No. 60 in the doubles rankings. Career 2009: Grand Slam debut Diatchenko's first Grand Slam tournament was Roland Garros, where she 2009 qualified for the main draw. In the tournament, she upset world No. 75 player, Mathilde Johansson, before she lost to then-world No. 1, Dinara Safina. In 2009, she lost the finals of Pattaya Open along with Yulia Beygelzimer to opponents Tamarine Tanasugarn and Yaroslava Shvedova, in straight sets, and of Tashkent Open with Ekaterina Dzehalevich to Tatiana Poutchek and Olga Govortsova, in three sets. 2010 In 2010, she lost the final of the Portugal Open with Aurélie Védy to opponents Anabel Medina Garrigues an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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